Lawrence Alma-Tadema
(Dutch, 1836-1912)


The Sculpture Gallery (1874).
Oil on canvas.
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College.

In 1872, Alma-Tadema and his wife made a journey on the Continent that lasted five and a half months.

In Italy they were able to take in the ancient ruins again; this time he purchased several photographs, mostly of the ruins, which began his immense collection of folios with archival material sufficient for the documentation used in the completion of future paintings.